Alexander Viro wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>If you're going to do this, then the BKL should be acquired
>>in fs/super.c:write_super(), so the per-fs ->write_super
>>functions do not see changed external locking rules.
> 
> Definitely.

Would you prefer that it be pushed into fs/super.c:write_super() itself, 
or the fs-specific write_super()s?  The approach so far has been to push 
into the filesystem itself, so that is what this patch does.  I also 
updated filesystems/Locking and a little comment in the ext3 code.

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Dave Hansen
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